Terry Whalin | THE WRITING LIFE Recently one of my Morgan James authors contacted me and asked, “Is my book really inside any Barnes and Noble bookstores. It was a good question and I turned to a colleague to find the answer. I learned this particular book had been available to the brick and mortar […]
Clarissa Oon | THE STRAITS TIMES Haruki Murakami has been a companion to a writer from singlehood to motherhood In my 20s and reeling from a break-up, I read everything best-selling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami had written, drowning myself in his prose the way others might in bottles of whisky. I have never been a […]
Tim Parks | THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS Let’s reread Nabokov on rereading. On first approach to a novel, Nabokov claimed, we are overwhelmed with too much information and fatigued by the effort of scanning the lines. Only later, on successive encounters with the text, will we begin to see and appreciate it as […]
All across Argentina’s capital, lodged between the steakhouses, ice cream shops and pizzerias, is an abundance of something that is becoming scarce in many nations: bookstores. From hole-in-the-wall joints with used copies of works by Jorge Luis Borges, Miguel de Cervantes and Gabriel Garcia Marquez to elegant buildings with the latest children’s books in several […]
Joel Friedlander of THE BOOK DESIGNER discusses the importance of designing the ideal book cover to entice people to buy your book.
KATHY MIZERA | BOOKSHOP BLOG | DECEMBER 2014 As the holiday shopping season swings into full force, it’s interesting to watch people buying books. Many a wish list has everything from the latest by Stephen King to an Amazon Gift Card (an actual card or via email) to a new e-reader device. Yet the battle […]
he Writers’ Trust of Canada announced the finalists for two major prizes for excellence in Canadian fiction: the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Writers’ Trust/McClelland and Stewart Journey Prize.
Yes. You can now pre-order 2Leaf Press titles on Amazon.com. It’s been a long time coming (we were unable, or allowed to do it two years ago), so we are real excited to present yet another aspect of our services. As we grow, the possibilities grow! You can now order Puerto Rican Folktales/Cuentos folcloricos puertorriquenos by […]
Patrick Colm Hogan publishes the epic poem, THE DEATH OF THE GODDESS, inspired by Buddhism, Indic thought and the BHAGAVAD GITA, with an Introduction by Rachel Fell McDermott.
2Leaf Press published some great titles in Spring 2014. If you were swept up with summer vacation, here’s a chance to check out books by Abdioun Oyewole, Claire Millikin, Samuel Diaz Carrion, Odi Gonzales, J.L. Torres, and Ana Rossetti.
Lisa Sánchez González’ long-awaited PUERTO RICAN FOLKTALES/ CUENTOS FOLCLÓRICOS PUERTORRIQUEÑOS is the first comprehensive bilingual collection of Puerto Rican folktales published in nearly 50 years.
2Leaf Press is pleased to announce the publication of its poetry titles: Branches of the Tree of Life by Abiodun Oyewole; Our Nuyorican Thing,The Birth of a Self-Made Identity by Samuel Diaz Carrion; Birds on the Kiswar Tree by Odi Gonzales; Boricua Passport by J.L. Torres; After Houses by Claire Millikin; and Incessant Beauty, A […]
It’s been a long time coming, but 2Leaf Press is finally pleased to announce 2LP Previews/Reviews, where reviewers can download Digital Review Copies. Besides the fact it’s pretty cool and geeky of us to be able to offer downloads to reviewers directly from our website, the main reason we’re offering Digital Review Copies because it’s […]
Check out 2Leaf Press catalog and find out what all the fuss is about with 2Leaf Press’ poets and writers!
Gabrielle David is pleased to announce the publication of 2Leaf Press titles during National Poetry Month in May 2014. Featured poets include Abiodun Oyewole, Samuel Diaz Carrion, J.L. Torres, with bilingual editions by Odi Gonzales and Ana Rossetti. Rounding out the poetry collections is Lisa Sánchez González’ long-awaited bilingual edition, PUERTO RICAN FOLKTALES/CUENTOS FOLCLÓRICOS PUERTORRIQUEÑOS, […]
In celebration of National Poetry Month, for the month of April, 2Leaf Press is offering a 15% discount on its existing titles, through Createspace. Just click on the book below and use the discount code: 6CFVWWXR . When you purchase books directly from 2Leaf Press, we receive a higher percentage of the profits. Consider it […]
Sean Frederick Forbes has been a “busy bee” these days. Besides holding down his post as Director of Creative Writing in the English Department at UCONN, he’s busy promoting his book, Providencia. as well as taking on additional responsibilities as a newly appointed Board Member of the IAAS, the nonprofit organization that manages 2Leaf Press. […]
Yes, the dreaded blurb captions! We send out for ten and hope to get five. We go after some very famous people and sometimes, if we can get it past their management, we luck up with one or two. Authors pull their hair out of their heads: People they thought who would easily supply a […]